Never fails to amaze me that so many shooters, that understand intimately the science of ballistics, etc., can turn a blind eye & a deaf ear to the science of global climate change. Folks, it is happening. Just because it is cold right now, where you are or in your country doesn't mean climate isn't changing globally.
I have spent most of my life in north Mississippi, except for a stint in North Dakota funded by the Air Force. When I was a kid in the 50s & 60s, we had ice skates... yes, in Mississippi. Almost every year it got cold in the winter & stayed cold so that our lakes would freeze... once again often enough for us to purchase skates. I used to camp out at night on the lake ice. I remember someone driving a Volkswagen on a lake once. I also remember the winters in North Dakota during the 80s. I remember one month when the high never got above zero.
Point is, in my lifetime I have seen a very noticeable change in the weather. I bet the lakes around here haven't frozen over to the extent to walk on them for 15 or 20 years. It is actually rare to see any ice at all. I still see where North Dakota can get cold but it seems it doesn't get as cold & the cold doesn't last as long. Have y'all seen a change in climate & weather in your lifetime as well?
Surely others see these changes. Surely others see the extremes. Of course there has always been extremes... but not this often. These extremes are a sign of global warming. Surely we all see the data of the mean global temps steadily rising. We can debate what causes it but to deny it means we have become anti science. Do we really want to bury our heads in the sand & hope we didn't cause this, or at least cause some of it?
Seems to me sportsmen who spend much of their life outside in the environment should be championing any cause that protects our local environment... and the planet.
